the unsung heroines of sports history

Sent to the @butchhistory mailbox from one of my favorite women, Leelee Groome. ✉️✉️✉️✉️✉️
“this was the fall of 1987 - on the rooftop turf at BROWN. The Brown coach tried to bench me for wearing Air Jordans. They didn’t qualify as "turf shoes”. But, they were my lucky kicks, god dammit. I won that argument with the ref. She said to the Brown coach, “the shoes stay on!!!” #butchhistory